Al- Jazeera About 2,000 people are facing charges over violence that erupted in Ethiopia after the June killing of an iconic pop…
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Ethiopia: Ruling party suspends 3 committee members
By Addis Getachew |AA A branch of Ethiopia’s ruling party on Monday suspended three high-profile officials from its central committee for…
Ethiopia is treading a political tightrope as its unresolved ethnic tensions erupt in violence again
By Yohannes Gedamu Oromia, one of the regions in Ethiopia’s ethnically constituted federation and the country’s most populated one, also happens to be…
Ethiopian PM says singer’s death part of plot to sow unrest
Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Friday that the killing of a popular singer, and subsequent violence that…
How Hachalu Hundessa’s murder reveals Ethiopia’s political divide
Al- Jazeera Firaol Ajema and his friends, dressed in black T-shirts, have been meeting each afternoon in recent days to listen to…
Rights Groups Call for Swift Action on Oromo Singer Haacaaluu’s Murder
Washington — As anger boils over among Ethiopia’s Oromo population after the killing of a revered singer, analysts and activists say swift…
Abduction of Ethiopian Students Fuels Anger at the Government
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopians are taking to the streets and to social media to protest their government’s failure to find at…
Ethiopia Will Explode if It Doesn’t Move Beyond Ethnic-Based Politics
Oromo nationalism helped bring Abiy Ahmed to power, but it could also be his undoing. To hold the country together, the Nobel-winning…
Ethiopia PM Abiy under harsh criticism over his silence as 67 killed in unrest
By Simon Marks | New York Times ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia —Weeks after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is coming…
Protests in Ethiopia Threaten to Mar Image of Its Nobel-Winning Leader
By Simon Marks | New York Times ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Protests against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia erupted on Wednesday, threatening…